A-Z Faculty
Below is a list of all Center for Circadian & Sleep Medicine members. View individual profiles of our faculty members — with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more — via the links below.
Paller, Ken
Professor, Department of Psychology
Description of Interests
Human memory, perception, and cognition; biological bases of mental phenomena; cognitive neuroscience.
Penedo, Frank J
Adjunct Professor of Medical Social Sciences
Bio
Dr. Frank J. Penedo is the Director of Survivorship and of the Cancer Survivorship Institute of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCC). He also serves as Program Leader of the Cancer Co... [more]
Reid, Kathryn Jean
Research Professor of Neurology (Sleep Medicine)
Bio
Dr Reid's research interests are aimed at gaining a greater understanding of the relationship between the sleep and circadian systems with health and safety. Current research areas include, understand... [more]
Sheldon, Stephen H
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics (Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine)
Bio
Pediatric Sleep Medicine including but not limited to Pediatric Sleep-disordered breathing, Obstructive sleep disordered breathing in children, Central sleep disordered breathing in children, Non-inva... [more]
Shimomura, Kazuhiro
Research Assistant Professor of Neurology (Sleep Medicine)
Simuni, Tanya
Professor of Neurology (Movement Disorders)
Bio
Dr Simuni joined the faculty of the Northwestern University Feinberg school of Medicine in 2000 to build and lead a multidisciplinary movement disorders center that is recognized by the National Parki... [more]
Turek, Fred
Professor of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Bio
Research in the Turek laboratory is focused on the study of sleep and circadian rhythms, with special interest in identifying genes that regulate sleep and circadian rhythms. Ongoing work on sleep and... [more]
Weese-Mayer, Debra
Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care)
Bio
Debra E. Weese-Mayer, M.D. is the Beatrice Cummings Mayer Professor in Pediatric Autonomic Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Chief of the first Center for Autonomic M... [more]
Weintraub, Sandra
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Psychology), Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Bio
Alzheimer's disease, Memory disorders, Neuropsychology, Early Onset Dementia, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Superaging. The ability to use language can be progressively disrupt... [more]
Wolfe, Lisa F
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department
Bio
Studying devices for ventilatory support used in home based settings. This is most relevant to those with neuromuscular disorders and sleep related breathing disorders.